End of Life
Resources
Education and Advocacy
National Home Funeral Alliance
The NHFA acts as a clearinghouse of all things home funeral, providing connections and resource information to all who are looking for guidance. Homefuneralalliance.org
Minnesota Death Collaborative
The Minnesota Death Collaborative is a central resource of integrated end-of-life professionals. We provide presence, education, and advocacy to individuals, caregivers, and providers. Through compassion and respect, we honor all visions and experiences of what death may be. https://www.mndeathcollaborative.com
Death Cafe Twin Cities
Death Cafe is a not-for-profit social franchise and international movement to “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” Gatherings are held in a variety of event spaces and aim to incorporate guest artists, speakers, and activities. Death Cafe Twin Cities
Minnesota Threshold Network
An informal place to talk, share, and educate ourselves and others about the environmental, emotional and economic benefits of a more natural, less commercial approach to death, including conscious dying, home vigils, family-directed funerals, and natural burials. mnthresholdnetwork.wordpress.com
Green Burial Council
Green, or natural burial is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker health, and the restoration and/or preservation of habitat. Green burial necessitates the use of non-toxic and biodegradable materials, such as caskets, shrouds, and urns. Green Burial Council
Funeral Consumers Alliance
Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer’s right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. funerals.org
Choices
The Minnesota Department of Health offers a free downloadable booklet with information on final disposition. health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/mortsci/choices.pdf
Funeral Homes and Green Burial Sites (Twin Cities area)
Prairie Oaks Memorial Eco Gardens
Natural Burial ground in Inver Grove Heights. mngreengraves.com
Crescent Tide Funeral and Cremation
Providing low-cost funerals and cremations. crescenttide.com
Bradshaw Funeral & Cremation
First funeral home in Minnesota to offer Flameless Cremation (alkaline hydrolysis). greencremation.com
Mound Cemetery of Brooklyn Center
Minnesota’s first hybrid green burial ground certified by the Green Burial Council. Brooklyn Center.
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hybrid burial ground. NOTE: Oak Hill does not maintain a website, call 612-869-6404 for further information.
Oakland Cemetery
Non-denominational cemetery owned and operated by the city of Marine on St. Croix, MN. 651-433-3636, mosc@midconetwork.com
Roselawn
Hybrid burial ground, Roseville, MN. 651-489-1720.
Coffins, Shrouds and Urns
Northwoods Casket
Handcrafting fine wooden caskets in a manner that preserves and protects our precious natural resources and the Earth’s beautiful landscapes. Northwoods Casket
Mourning Dove Studio
We wholesale biodegradable, ecologically-sound funeral merchandise suitable for natural burials or cremation. www.mourningdovestudios.com
Kinkaraco (ken-Car-raw-co)
Affordably constructed secular shrouds designed specifically for people who want their funerals to be as simple and natural as their lives. kinkaraco.com
Trappist Caskets
Handmade wood caskets and urns blessed by the Trappist Monks at New Melleray Abby in Iowa. Trappist Caskets and Urns
Bellacouche Felt Studio
Beautiful burial cocoons hand-made from wool felt. bellacouche.com
Funeral Consumers Alliance
Beautiful, natural urns, coffins and caskets. Finalfootprint.com